Three suspects in Detroit mob attack on Steven Utash jailed on $500,000 bonds

DETROIT, MI -- Four of the up to 12 people who participated in a brutal, possibly life-ending mob attack on Steven Utash last week are behind bars.

Bruce Edward Wimbush Jr., 17; Wonzey Saffold, 30; and James Deontae Davis, 24, all of Detroit, have each been arraigned on charges of assault with intent to murder and assault with intent to do great bodily harm.

Wayne County Magistrate Millicent D. Sherman set the same steep $500,000 bond for each of them.

"The bond is basically no bond at all," said Wimbush's attorney, Randall Upshaw. "I was expecting a bond. I was expecting a high bond, especially with (you media) being here. But I did not expect a half-million."

Another 16-year-old was arrested but not yet charged.

The defendants are accused of participating in an attack on Utash, a 54-year-old father of three, after he struck 10-year-old David Harris, who ran in front of Utash's truck, surveillance footage shows, and suffered a broken bone.

Utash stopped to check on the boy and was attacked by between 10-12 people.

A retired nurse, Deborah Hughes, told multiple media outlets she witnessed the assault on Utash and intervened, telling the assailants to stop, which they eventually did.

As of Monday, Utash remained critically injured and unconscious.

The degree of the defendants' involvement has not been revealed. Upshaw says Wimbush's role was minor and that he fled prior to the beating becoming severe.

Detroit police on Monday said they have not ruled out that this was a hate crime.